Wednesday, October 26, 2011

A Week With 6 Kids

We stayed on Camp Pendleton, where the Davidges live. Jack and Lainey have spent all of their time here and Carter has returned with Dad most nights. They've enjoyed some 'big boy' time watching the Rangers in the World Series, otherwise.

Fun Fact: My grandfather was a scout for the St. Louis Cardinals for 25 years and Blake's grandfather played baseball for the New York Giants. They very likely knew of each other, if not more. So cool to think about.

Back to the "Dabidge boys" as our kids call them.

Holly threw me right into the fire with a Saturday morning 8:30am flag football game for 2 of the boys.

The littlest Dabidge kept busy on the track while his brothers played.

Cheerleaders! So cute.

Total clowns.

Pumpkin Patch visit came next.

Jack and Austin are closest in age and are t.r.o.u.b.l.e. together.

More trouble.

Blake braved the hay ride. Such a good sport.

Bates Nut Farm is a very popular patch in our area. About 30 miles inland, east of Escondido, I believe. Hot that day......94 degrees. Not good for a pumpkin patch visit.

Someone please tell me this group got paid to wear these and were somehow part of the event.

Impressive!!! * Love the LSU gear too!* Is that their backyard when the kids are on the swingset? Wow if so..looks like you could see the beach.* I know the Dad is in Afghanistan.. was this a R&R trip that you helped out with?* The bath tub photo is great. Hope these kids stay friends for life. That would be a good one for when they are in college.* How in the world did Carter cope? He's older and I'm sure 'over it'??

You are a brave and wonderful woman to do this. They are blessed to have you for a friend because while everyone has a lot of friends, there are only a few you would do things like this for.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the pic of Lainey becoming a boy! It totally reminds me of Sophie in the early days. You know, when she wore a football uniform to church. (Yes, that actually happened, in the South too. She refused to wear dresses.)

The bathtub pic is classic too! Not sure how clean they ended up, but at least they were rinsed off, right?

I know a few people who need to live on a nut farm. That's beside the point. Poor Lainey being the only girl. Bless her heart. No wonder she turned into a boy. She didn't have a chance. And she has a REALLY long tongue.